Robert ladnier/Press-RegisterNick Sexton (5) of Spanish Fort High is closely defended by Phil Eddins (3) of the Mobile Patriots on Wednesday. SPANISH FORT, Ala. -- The Mobile Patriots' wheelchair basketball team paid a visit to Spanish Fort High to play both the boys' varsity basketball squad and the faculty to help bring awareness of overcoming disabilities and adversity on Wednesday.

In less than five minutes of warm-up time in a wheelchair, Max Bubalo -- the boys' leading scorer in school history with more than 1,200 points -- had gotten the idea.

"Oh, my God, this is hard," Bubalo said.

The event helped raise money for two good causes.

"Our purpose today was to piggy back on an event," Spanish Fort High assistant principal Faye Sheppard said. "Last week we had Awareness to Autism Week. We had Teddy Alvis come in several months ago to talk to our students about overcoming adversity and the opportunities he's had in his personal life and as a member of the Patriots. We thought this would be an great opportunity for our kids to watch them play and have some of our own students experience playing wheelchair basketball first hand.

"We are going to be taking up money but it is for the team. They get half of the proceeds and the gym floor will be the recipient of the other half."

The actual basketball game bordered on abuse as the Patriots posted a 52-4 victory.

Starting out, the boys varsity basketball team took the floor and was promptly outscored 20-2 in the first eight-minute quarter and trailed 32-2 by halftime.

A rebound and basket by Keller Davis with 2:02 left in the opening quarter helped avert a shutout.

The Patriots consistently out-hustled a normally very talented Toros squad, stealing the ball often, rapidly cutting off fast breaks and scooping up nearly every rebound and loose ball on the court.

Offensively, the Patriots ran a motion offense that often toyed with their opponents before scoring easy lay-ups inside the lane.

The men's faculty took over in the second half and was outscored 20-2.

On several occasions the Patriot players flipped over in their chairs and onto the playing surface but immediately righted themselves and continued playing.

Unfortunately, coach Earnest Hill once flipped over on his back like a stranded turtle as coach Tommy Walker -- who was handling the PA system -- shouted, "Down goes Frazier!" several times until the coach was assisted back to the upright position.

Following the game -- although the scoreboard was having technical difficulties -- the faculty scored a 26-4 win over the varsity, according to coach George Brown.